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Newfoundland and Labrador
Regulation 2013

NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR REGULATION 43/13

NEWFOUNDLANDANDLABRADOR
REGULATION 43/13

Rules of the Supreme Court, 1986 (Amendment) under the Judicature Act

(Filed April 10, 2013)

Under the authority of section 55 of the Judicature Act, the Rules Committee of
the Trial Division makes the following Rules.

Dated at St.
John's, April 2, 2013.

Darlene Wells
for the Registrar of the Supreme Court
Secretary, Rules Committee

REGULATIONS

Analysis

1.Rule 56A.04 Amdt.
Who may access court records

1.(1) Rule 56A.04(1) of the Rules of the Supreme Court, 1986 is
repealed and the following substituted:

Who may access
court records

56A.04.(1) The court's record of a family law
proceeding, including exhibits,

(a)that is closed under rule 56A.03 or by virtue
of an order or a statutory provision may only be accessed by a party, a party's
lawyer, court staff or a judge, unless an order permitting access is made
following an application made with notice to the parties;

(b)that is not closed under paragraph (a) may be
accessed by

(i)a party, a party's lawyer, an officer of the court
or a judge;

(ii)a person other than those referred to in
(b)(i) only if an order permitting access is made following an application made
with notice to the parties.

(1.1)An order made under paragraph (1)(a) or (b)(ii)
shall be made on whatever terms the court considers just and the terms may include

(a)redaction of personal data identifiers and
personal information;

(b)the requirement that the applicant sign an undertaking
to keep information obtained from the court's record in confidence before
giving them access.